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Seventy-five professional writers will be on the campus of Robeson Community College on February 28 for the 4th annual Book �em event. Headliner Terry Irving has won Emmy, Peabody, DuPont and Telly Awards for his work that has covered Watergate, the Berlin Wall and Tiananmen Square. Irving has worked with Wolf Blitzer, Ted Koppel and Diane Sawyer.

Headliner Terri Reid is a bestselling author who has self-published with much success. She created the bestselling Mary O�Reilly Paranormal Mysteries and has published about a dozen books in that series.

The Book 'Em Foundation was founded by suspense author p.m.terrell and Waynesboro, Virginia Police Officer Mark Kearney as a partnership between authors and law enforcement. The mission of The Book 'Em Foundation is to raise public awareness of the correlation between high illiteracy rates and high crime rates.

The Book 'Em North Carolina annual event brings together at least 75 authors under one roof to speak on a variety of subjects and to sell their books. A portion of the proceeds raised from the event (a minimum of 40%) is given to the community - Robeson County and Lumberton, North Carolina - for the purpose of increasing literacy and reducing crime.

The event is free and open to the public. All ages are encouraged to attend. There will be authors with children's books as well as authors from a large variety of genres: mystery/suspense, romance, historical, non-fiction, and much more.